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Old English · adjective

min

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/min/
Syllables
min (1 syllable)
Modern English
mysmallminminevile

min1 · adjective

Senses

  1. small

  2. mean, vile

Declension

Strong declension of min
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative minminmin
Accusative minneminnemin
Genitive minnesminreminnes
Dative minnumminreminnum
Instrumental minneminreminne
Plural
Nominative minneminnaminnemin
Accusative minneminnaminnemin
Genitive minraminraminra
Dative minnumminnumminnum
Instrumental minnumminnumminnum
Weak declension of min
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative minnaminneminne
Accusative minnanminnanminne
Genitive minnanminnanminnan
Dative minnanminnanminnan
Instrumental minnanminnanminnan
Plural
Nominative minnanminnanminnan
Accusative minnanminnanminnan
Genitive minraminnenaminraminnenaminraminnena
Dative minnumminnumminnum
Instrumental minnumminnumminnum

min2 · determiner

Senses

  1. my

    Iċ… hlūde ċirme, healde mīne wīsan, hlēoþre ne mīþe,…

    I… loudly cry out, hold my tone, don't hide a sound,…

    10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8:

Declension · strong

Strong declension of min
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative mīnmīnmīn
Accusative mīnnemīnemīn
Genitive mīnesmīnremīnes
Dative mīnummīnremīnum
Instrumental mīnemīnremīne
Plural
Nominative mīnemīnamīnemīn
Accusative mīnemīnamīnemīn
Genitive mīnramīnramīnra
Dative mīnummīnummīnum
Instrumental mīnummīnummīnum

min3 · pronoun · inflected form

Senses

  1. genitive of iċ: mine, of me

  2. Inflected form of iċ

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey-n- (“small”). Akin to Old High German minniro (“smaller”) (German minder), Old Norse minni (“smaller”) (Icelandic minni, minnr), Gothic (minniza, “younger”), (mins, “young”), Latin minor (“smaller”).

From Proto-West Germanic *mīn. Cognate with Old Frisian mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic (meins).

Descendants

min, mine, my

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